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jfc035
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 Posted: Aug 15, 2021 11:22 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Another one from Weardale; Likely collected in the last period of activity of this mine, in the 70-80s.
| Mineral: | Galena on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom |  |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm |
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| Galena on Fluorite (overall 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm). From Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK. Likely collected in the last period of activity of this mine, in the 70-80s. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 16, 2021 03:27 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| jfc035 wrote: | Galena on Fluorite
Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
Dimensions: 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm
Likely collected in the last period of activity of this mine, in the 70-80s. |
A really wonderful galena specimen, I love the complex structure of the crystal faces!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 17, 2021 10:44 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Galena has always been among one of my favorite minerals and my collection contains 83 galena specimens. My first specimen of lead sulfide came from the Joplin area of the Tri-State District and consisted of several simple cubes on chert. Over the years I have been able to accumulate many more Tri-State specimens, a few of which are featured in this post.
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 7.0 cm |
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| A classic Tri-State galena crystal with cuboctahedral fortification overgrowths. |
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| Mineral: | Galena and Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 14.0 cm |
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| A cubic galena crystal measuring 5.0 x 5.5 cm with octahedral surface overgrowths associated with large, resinous, dark brown sphalerite crystals with numerous epitaxial chalcopyrite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Kenora Mine, Picher Field, Cardin, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 6.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.7 x 7.8 cm |
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| Simple cubic galena crystals to 2.5 cm. on a matrix of gray chert. Acquired from Schortmann's Minerals in 1961, this specimen began my fascination with galena. |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Acme Mine, Picher Field, Picher, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 4.7 cm |
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| Cubic galena with octahedral corner modification and overgrowths. The Acme Mine went into production in 1916. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 18, 2021 01:01 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Wonderful samples from Tri-State-District, hard to pick a favourite!
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Galena has always been among one of my favorite minerals and my collection contains 83 galena specimens. |
You have a good taste, Michael :-)
It's also one of my favourite minerals and besides the classic German ones (Neudorf/Harz, Freiberg/Erzgebirge or several western localities in Siegerland, Sauerland or Eifel Mountains) I like U.S. galenas (Tri-State-District and Viburnum Trend) the most. Ok, and Dalnegorsk. And some English ones ;-)
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R Saunders
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| Posted: Aug 18, 2021 08:52 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| Are all of the mines in the Tri-State area now permanently closed? As per the U. S. health codes. Any Museums or visitor centers open. I know a lady that worked at one of the mines as did her father.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 18, 2021 10:15 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| R Saunders wrote: | | Are all of the Galena Mines in the Tri state area now permanently closed? As per the U S A health codes. Any Museums or visitor centers open. I know a lady that worked at one of the mines as did her father. |
All of the Tri-State District mines are now closed. The last mine to close was the Swalley Mine in Baxter Springs, Kansas in 1970. There are several museums in the area that display specimens from the district. The Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum in Joplin, Missouri has a good display of minerals from the district as well as mining artifacts, mining models, maps, and historical photographs. It is located in the Joplin Museum Complex in Schifferdecker Park.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 31, 2021 03:59 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Somehow I forgot to post one of my all-time favourite specimens here. This killer galena from Neudorf was on display in the Marburg Museum some years ago, it belongs to a museum in Dresden/Saxony and is one of the most thrilling mineral specimens I have seen in my life (sorry for the bad photo I made some years ago):
| Mineral: | Galena, siderite |
| Locality: | | Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 20-25 cm, crystal sizes 5-7 cm (!!!) |
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| This is THE favourite galena for me |
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